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Choreographic politics : state folk dance companies, representation, and power / Anthony Shay.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, c2002Description: xix, 271 p. ill. 24 cmISBN:
  • 0819565202
  • 0819565210
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 793.3/1 21
LOC classification:
  • GV1588.45
Other classification:
  • Rcba
  • Iky
  • Bfk
Contents:
Introduction: ethnicity and nationalism -- Parallel traditions: state folk dance ensembles and folk dance in the field -- Anatomy of a dance company -- The Moiseyev Dance Company: ancestor of the genre -- Ballet Folklorico: Viva Mexico! -- LADO, Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Croatia: proper peasants -- Egypt: bazaar of dance -- Greece: Dora Stratou greek Dances Theatre, a living museum -- Turkish State Folk Dance Ensemble: the last of the great ensembles -- Conclusion: the power of representation.
Holdings
Item type Home library Call number Status Barcode
Book Book Biblioteket Brinellvägen Iky.rcb Shay Available 43731005888
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-262) and index.

Introduction: ethnicity and nationalism -- Parallel traditions: state folk dance ensembles and folk dance in the field -- Anatomy of a dance company -- The Moiseyev Dance Company: ancestor of the genre -- Ballet Folklorico: Viva Mexico! -- LADO, Ensemble of Folk Dances and Songs of Croatia: proper peasants -- Egypt: bazaar of dance -- Greece: Dora Stratou greek Dances Theatre, a living museum -- Turkish State Folk Dance Ensemble: the last of the great ensembles -- Conclusion: the power of representation.

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